Vapor-burner.



No. 629,356. Patented iul 25,1899.

H. M. HAMRICK. v

VAPOR BURNER. (Application niea In. 31, 1399.

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' STATES I PATENT- omca HARRY M. HAMRICK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNQR TO THE INTERNATIONAL INCANDESCENT LIGHT QOMPANY, OF WEST VIRGINIA.

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srnorsrcArron forming part of Letters Patent No. eeaase, dated d'uly 25, 1899.

A Application filed a uary 31, 1899- Serial No. 703,991. (No model) v a To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, HARRY M. HAMRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have-invented a new and'useful Improvement in Vapor-Burners or Lamps, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consistsln providing a vaporburner or lamp with meanswhereby the sin ging or roaring heretofore occurring in a lamp of the class is prevented and a superheater is provided for the intermixed vapor or gas and air. 1 v r I Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a vapor-burner or lampembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section on line a: m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correv sponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, Adesignates the supply flue or tube of the cap orburner proper, B, and O designates a mantle properly suspended over said cap.

D designates a, vaporizer or gas-generator which is adapted to be' heated by the flame fromthevside burner'E- 'ofi'the flue A, which features form-no" part ot the present inven- In the length of the flue Ais the superheatin'g-chamber'F, within'which is the deflector or diaphragm G, secured thereto or suspended therein by'the screws ,H'or other suitable means and: separated from the walls of said.

chamber, wherebya passage J exists around the. diaphragm topermit the ascent of gasor vapor from the lower section ofthe fine A through-the chamber F to the burner B,'said chamber being preferably wider than saidflue. It will, now-be seen that as the vapor leaves the lower section of the flue A it impinges against the diaphragm G and is deflected laterally by the same to the passage sectionof the flue, andso supplied to the burner B. By this provision as the course of the ascending vapor is changed from vertical to horizontal it is uniformly distributed in the chamber F, and its force is broken, I I

thus preventing humming and roaring of the lamp without, however, afiectin g a proper supply of vapor to the burner, as the chamber F receives a large volume of the same from the lower section of theflue A, and so feeds the upper section thereof, while'the humming and roarin gin thelamp are prevented, as has been stated.

The lower section of the flue or tube A constitutes the mixing-chamber of the vapor and air. As the chamber F is located it is subjected to the heat of. the burner E, and so constitutes a superheater for the intermixed vaporiand air and causes the resultant gas to be of'a superior-order, the same producing a most brilliant and steady light. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1 In a vapor-burner or lamp, a vapor-supply tube, a burner located above said tube, an

enlarged chamber intermediate said burner and tube, a diaphragm of greater diameter than said burner or tube and of less diameter than said chamberlocated in the'latter inter- I mediate ,tlieftopand' bottom'thereof, means for heating said chamber located in proximitygthereto, andv supportingdevices for said diaphragm," i

2. .In a vapor-burner or lamp, a vapor-sup ply tube,.a burner located above said tube, a

snperheating-chamber interposed between said supply-tube and burner, a diaphragm 10 cated in said superheating-chamber-intermediate the top and bottom thereof, said chamber being of greater diameterthansaid tube, a means for heating'said chamber from a point "adjacent the-same and supportingdevices for said diaphragm.

3. Ina vapor-burneror lamp, the combination of aburner, a'vapor-supply tube, a su- 'perheating-chamber supported thereupon of greater diameter than said tube, a diaphragm supported. in said chamber intermediate the top'and bottom thereof, and screws or supporting devices common-"to said diaphragm and chamber. p r v r.

HARRY M. HAMRIGK.

Witnesses:

' WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM,

. E." HAYWARD FA1RBANKS.. 

